The Apple store has just reduced the prices for refurbished iPods to make room for the new models. These are working iPods with a factory warranty. Think of them as already having their first check-up from a factory trained iPod technician. This is a great opportunity to get that Apple iPod that you always wanted for a steep discount. The best deal is the 60 Gig Black video iPod for only $229. The super popular iPod Nano’s are also being cleared out for a huge savings. Get a 2 Gig iPod Nano for only $99 in black or white.

Click here to visit the Apple Store today and get your new iPod.

The folks at Apple took the already popular iPod shuffle back to the drawing board. They came up with the completely redesigned and smaller than ever iPod shuffle. At roughly the size of a postage stamp it is the smallest 1 gig MP3 player on the market today. The same simple controls and great sound quality make the new iPod shuffle an instant classic, again. The new design features a spring loaded clip that makes the iPod shuffle easier to take with you anywhere you go. At only $79 the iPod shuffle MP3 player should be a great gift item for the coming holiday season. Click on over to the Apple Store and see what all the fuss is about.

Apple just announced the new iPod Nano in 5 very cool colors. The missing color above is the black which is the only color available in the 8 gig Nano.

With its new and improved anodized aluminum enclosure and softer edges, iPod nano looks as sleek and sexy as it feels. It’s smoother than ever—3.5 inches tall, 1.6 inches wide, and just over a quarter of an inch thin. Plus with its even brighter color screen, album art & photos gain even more brilliance thanks to a 1.5-inch color display that’s 40% brighter than before. Apple is also claiming a much improved 24 hours of battery life. Now that is what I call improvements!

New Models Introduced Today:

• 2GB/500-song, silver iPod nano for $149.
• 4GB/1000-song silver, green, pink and blue iPod nano for $199.
• 8GB/2000-song black iPod nano for $249.

Get your new colorful iPod Nano today! Click here to visit the Apple Store.

iHome is one of the leading iPod accessory manufactures that jumped on the iPod bandwagon a few years ago. iHome’s new iH5 clock radio for iPod has everything you would expect from iHome including big sound from stereo speakers. You can choose to wake to your Apple iPod playlists, AM/FM radio or the built in buzzer. The removable dock insert is compatible with all docking iPods and charges the batterty while docked.

The multifunction LCD display has adjustable backlighting for those who like their clock to beam a little softer. One of my favorite features is the gradual wake setting which starts out soft and grows louder until you wake up. This is a nice alternative to the blaring buzzer or music that startles me awake. The gradual sleep mode starts loud and slowly softens as you fall asleep at night. Check out this and other great Apple iPod accessories at iHomeaudio.com.

Today Apple announced the much anticipated 24-inch iMac and inclusion of the new Intel Core 2 Duo processors in every iMac model. The new Apple iMac lineup includes four models: a 1.83 GHz and a 2.0 GHz 17-inch, a 2.16 GHz 20-inch and the all-new 2.16 GHz 24-inch iMac, and features the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor which delivers up to 50 percent faster performance than the previous 20-inch iMac running industry standard benchmarks.

The NEW 24-inch 2.16 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,999 (US), includes:

* 24-inch widescreen LCD display;
* 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor;
* 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 3GB;
* 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
* PCI Express-based NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 128MB GDDR3 memory;
* built-in iSight video camera;
* built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
* 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
* mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately);
* built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
* the infrared Apple Remote, Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.

Buy one today at the Apple Store.

Get to know the very popular Apple Cinema Displays, now with new lower pricing and free shipping! The Apple Cinema Display line offers a natural format for arranging documents the way your brain processes them — longer wide than high. So you can easily fit palettes, timelines, extra windows and more right in your viewing area. Still not enough? The exceptionally narrow bezel lets you use multiple displays together seamlessly. Starting at just $699 or $17/month you can own an Apple Cinema display.

Show off all your music, photos, and movies with the very cool Front Row and the Apple Remote. Digging through your folders to find your stuff will be a thing of the past. Simply press the Menu button on the included Apple Remote and pass the popcorn around. Apple’s Front Row software presents your mp3s, pictures, videos, and DVDs on the full screen. With every Apple MacBook, you get Front Row, the stylish Apple Remote, and all the bragging rights that you deserve. Learn more about FrontRow on the Apple MacBooks today.

Apple is doing a cool back to school promotion aimed at the university level. Students that buy a new Mac for college will get a FREE iPod Nano with their purchase. Basically all you have to do is buy any Mac computer by 9/16/06 and you can be drowing out the boring lectures at college with your new iPod Nano. The cheapest Mac computer is going to be an iMac or a MacBook laptop computer for around a thousand bucks. Don’t let this opportunity pass you buy escpecially if you are in the market for a new Mac anyway.

As if the new alliance with intel for dual core chips is not enough. Here is another hidden gem that exists in all MacBooks. The MacBook laptops come with a built-in iSight camera that provides endless possibilities with video chat and more. With iSight and Photo Booth, you can add special effects like Sepia, Black & White, Comic Book, X-Ray, Twirl, Squeeze, Fish Eye, and many more. You can even add special effects before you take the picture. You can still do serious stuff like video conferencing and video podcasting if you really must. Click over to Apple.com today and see what other goodies are included with ever Apple MacBook Pro.

Last Christmas my eccentric Aunt was giddy to show me a book about the adventures of her daughter. The book looked like it was well, a real book. A professional binding, a slip cover and glossy full-color pages made me think that this book was one of thousands published. It wasn’t. The book was a one-off product of Apple Photo Book. Using the brilliant iLife ‘06 software package and specifically iPhoto my cousin was able to create a real book from scratch. It was delivered to my Aunt just in time for Christmas.

Now not everybody dreams of publishing their very own book, but what a great gift idea. Instead of spending hours scrapbooking family photos you could just do it all in iPhoto and send it off to the printing press. You can choose from several different sizes of books, hardcover or softcover, double or single sided. Order as many copies of the book as you like. Apple is currently offering a promotion to encourage people to upgrade their software. Upgrade to iLife ‘06 and you can save up to $20 on your first Photo Book. Click here to learn how it works.